Oh, Sweet Beauty, it's Letter to America - the Ormeau Baths Gallery Special!
In which a listener favourite returns and pities Wayne, Marcus Valentine digs himself out of a hole, we go to a Theatre where nothing is hidden, a new Caption Competition is launched, a Son of the South admires a Goth and Jett launches a scheme to replace the Ormeau Baths Gallery.
All this and more on Letter to America - your Irish Northern Irish 'we travel to the future so you don't have to' Podcast.
Fantabulous show Jett and Miss X. Miss X was luscious as always.
Posted by: Jefferson Davis | March 05, 2006 at 03:14 PM
The never-heard Mr Northern Ireland to the rescue ...
Most likely you were distracted by Tara Breathnach who played Gregor Samsa's mother. (Unless you took a fancy to his sister Greta played by Niki Doherty.)
The Belfast News Letter reviews the play at http://www.newsletter.co.uk/story/26372 ... and there's even a picture of Tara at http://www.cbcdc.ac.uk/fresh_talent/actors_2004/t_breathnach.asp. (A quick Goggle search will throw up links to her stilt walking talents too!)
Oh, and as a bonus, the Arts Council NI "answered" the questions that were read out in the clip at the end of LTA 25 at http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/news/2006/new02032006b.htm.
Posted by: Alan | March 05, 2006 at 05:24 PM
PS: The closure of OBG made it to the Ireland edition of the Sunday Times - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2091-2070595,00.html - though it didn't specifically mention that Jett and his black cigarette box were in the crowd of 200 that gathered in Wednesday's vigil!
Posted by: Alan | March 05, 2006 at 05:28 PM
Thanks for the info Alan - in recognition of all your hard work and continuing commitment to LTA I am, as of this very moment, making you the OFFICIAL Letter to America interim MR. NORTHERN IRELAND; this post of course comes with all the attendant rights and responsibilities one would expect of the post.
Posted by: Jett Loe | March 06, 2006 at 08:50 AM
I think maybe Alan should be the OFFICIAL Northern Ireland Story of Week news source, since I-- I mean, Wayne-- seems to continually drop the ball on that front.
(Note to Miss X: I KNOW Wayne Ordinary American! I WORK with Wayne Ordinary American! And you, Miss, are NO Wayne Ordinary American!)
Posted by: NOT Wayne Ordinary American | March 06, 2006 at 09:42 AM
Here! The LTA co-host poll award 2005 was a *draw* with the WOA - innit?!
Posted by: KEV1N ECTOPLASM | March 06, 2006 at 12:06 PM
alan is mr norn iron
Posted by: mr x | March 06, 2006 at 02:07 PM
Jett!
I'm the guy who was running around on The Patrol videotaping the behind-the-scenes. Just found your site....quality stuff!
Just saw the basic cut of the film tonight-----ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!
Dave.
Posted by: dave shortland | March 06, 2006 at 07:05 PM
hahahahaha and i loved Anarchy In The UK
Posted by: dave shortland | March 06, 2006 at 07:12 PM
I was just watching Miss X the other night. on the tele, not thru her curtains! what a woman, what a co-host.
That recording of the guy at the Ormeau Baths rally at the end of the show...he really made me wonder about the financial competancy of the people running the gallery. It sounds like the Arts Council isn't withdrawing funding in total, just not giving it to some artists (cowboys?) who couldn't manage a business.
Posted by: Fixer | March 07, 2006 at 08:22 AM
Excellent coverage of the protest.
Posted by: Phil | March 07, 2006 at 10:48 AM